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Ash Parrish

Ash Parrish

Former Video Games Reporter

Former Video Games Reporter

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    Ash Parrish
    UFO Soft just launched their next game on the Switch.

    UFO 50 is the game that dares to ask, “What if there was one game, but in it, there were also 50 games?” And on top of those 50 individual games (that are not mere minigames) you got an overarching narrative about the lifecycle of a fictional console?

    That’s UFO 50. Each game represents the journey of the hardware and you get to see how the technology and development skills develop over time just like they do across a real console’s lifetime. And what if I told you that you could play this collection of 50 games on the Switch today? Because you can.

    Ash Parrish
    Ash Parrish
    Well this game certainly looks cool.

    In the thick of the Indie World presentation and I can’t help but be powerfully intrigued by Well Dweller. Well Dweller, created by the developer of Crypt Custodian and Islets, is a metroidvania (or search action game, if you like) with an interesting artstyle.

    You play as a bird with a matchstick, sent out to save her species from an evil and queen and seeing all the platforming and progression unlocking weapons, I think this is the kind of game I’m looking for right now. But unfortunately, I’ll have to wait for its release sometime next year.

    Ash Parrish
    Ash Parrish
    Wanna get hollowed?

    During the Nintendo Indie World showcase, Mina The Hollower was announced for the Nintendo Switch. Earlier this year the game got a notoriety boost with a demo being featured during Steam Next Fest. And the retro-style, A Link To The Past-looking game featuring a very cute sword-swinging mouse also has a demo out now on the Switch. Not too long to wait now, Mina the Hollower comes out on Switch and PC October 31st.

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    Ash Parrish
    Star-crossed Kirby.

    Looking at Kirby makes me happy, and with this new trailer for — and brace yourself it’s a doozy of a name — Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World, I couldn’t be happier. My favorite pink blobby boy is getting some new adventures with the game’s starry stages that let Kirby explore previously blocked off areas.

    He’ll also get new mouthful mode shapes including a spring that lets him jump, a gear mode that lets him scale walls, and a sign shape that doesn’t advertise his favorite foods, but lets him slide around on snow and other flat surfaces.

    Ash Parrish
    Ash Parrish
    What’s better than one Nintendo Direct? Two.

    Nintendo has some more games to show us. After the company’s Partner Direct showcase last week, Nintendo has announced yet another showcase, this time an Indie World presentation, for Thursday, August 7th, at 9AM ET on YouTube. The presentation will be 15 minutes long which is plenty of time to share at least one new trailer for Silksong.

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    Ash Parrish
    That’s a lot of Mario Karts.

    Nintendo has finally let us know how successful the Switch 2 launch has been. In it’s most recent quarterly earnings report, Nintendo shared that the Switch 2 has sold 5.82 million units since its launch on June 5th.

    On top of that, it also reported that it moved 5.63 million units of Mario Kart World which includes copies that were bundled with the Switch 2. Which means that all but about 200,000 of the Switch 2s out there have Mario Kart World installed and ready to go.

    Ash Parrish
    Ash Parrish
    Finally a contract for the one that started it all.

    Workers at Raven Software have finally secured their first union contract winning for its members guaranteed wage increases, protection against mandatory overtime known as crunch, and more. The win comes three years after quality assurance workers at the Call of Duty support studio organized the Game Workers Alliance in collaboration with the Communications Workers of America.

    The GWA would become the first union organized at Activision Blizzard before Microsoft acquired the publisher in 2023. The organization efforts at Raven heralded a string of unionization drives within Activision Blizzard, Microsoft, and beyond.